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The one rule

We never blend a score that hides who disagrees. Funding model travels with every rating. Weights are computed at read time and never stored.

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Catalog/Obagi/RETINOL + PHA
RETINOL + PHA
Obagi

RETINOL + PHA

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Your composite

84OUT OF 100Good

range 80–88

84
Safety
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Eco
—
Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

18-point split

80

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Raters agree
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88

Coverage & match quality

2 ratings · 1 of 4 axes

  • Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
  • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

no black box

How this score is built

We don't rate products ourselves. We collect what each public rater already says, put every scale on common ground, and keep the disagreements visible instead of averaging them away.

  1. 1

    Collect each rater's own score

    Every source keeps its native verdict for this product. We never invent a score for an axis a source didn't measure.

  2. 2

    Normalize to 0–100, higher = better

    Raters can use different scales and directions: some where a low number means safe, some where a high one does. We map them all onto one 0–100 axis and flip the ones that run backwards so the numbers are finally comparable.

  3. 3

    Average per axis, but keep the spread

    Scores on the same axis become one representative number (their mean). When raters split by 20+ points we flag it and keep every rater's number. A disagreement is never blended into silence.

  4. 4

    Your weights make the overall

    The ring is the weighted average of the four pillars using your weights. It's computed fresh every time and never stored, so there's no hidden “objective” default.

worked example · Ingredient safety

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan80 on 0–100→80
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
Average of 80 · 88pillar84

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

80/100

Flagged 3 of 29 ingredients: 2 restricted.

  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 27 other ingredients carried no recognized regulated hazard. Absence of a flag means no regulated hazard was recognized — not proof of safety. This is one lens; see where raters disagree above.

Why this score

Every ingredient, under all three lenses

The Scan is one opinion. The strict and lenient lenses read the same list and land 18 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

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Environmentalno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

Laborno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

Packagingno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·29 of 29 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 29 listed ingredients.

Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
Aqua/Water/Eau→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Gluconolactone→chelatingskin conditioningchelatingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetyl Esters→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydrogenated Lecithin→surfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Retinol→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Sodium Hyaluronate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Glucoside→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Jojoba Esters→emollientmoisturisingsoothingemollientmoisturisingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer→emulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Polysorbate 20→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Squalane→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Allyl Methacrylates Crosspolymer→emulsion stabilisingopacifyingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingopacifyingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polysorbate 60→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sorbitan Isostearate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced